Trio including teenage female charged after car stop nets suspected drug haul in Co Londonderry village

Three people have been charged with drugs-releated offences after a car stop in Co Londonderry.

The trio were detained after police halted a car in the village of Magheramason, south of Newbuildings.

Those charged are two men aged 24 and 28 and a 19-year-old woman.

They will appear before Londonderry Magistrates’ Court tomorrow.

The vehicle was stopped in the village of Magheramason, said policeplaceholder image
The vehicle was stopped in the village of Magheramason, said police

Earlier in the day, the PSNI said officers had “seized suspected Class A drugs with an estimated street value of £25,000” in relation to the incident.

They said that a patrol in the Victoria Road “were alerted to a vehicle, which was overtaking cars”, and they pulled it over in the village.

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